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Ariadne was the daughter of Minos, the King of Crete [9] and son of Zeus, and of Pasiphaë, Minos' queen and daughter of Helios. [10] Others denominated her mother Crete, daughter of Asterius, the husband and King of Europa. Ariadne was the sister of Acacallis, Androgeus, Deucalion, Phaedra, Glaucus, Xenodice, and Catreus. [11]
A Knossian didrachm exhibits on one side the Labyrinth, on the other the Minotaur surrounded by a semicircle of small balls, probably intended for stars; one of the monster's names was Asterion or Asterius ("star"). Pasiphaë gave birth to Asterius, who was called the Minotaur. He had the face of a bull, but the rest of him was human; and Minos ...
Pasiphaë appears in Madeline Miller's 2018 novel Circe, the sister of the book's protagonist Circe, the daughter of Helios and Perse. A witch just like her, she and Circe have an antagonistic and sour relationship; after Pasiphaë has intercourse with the Cretan Bull , she calls in Circe to assist her in the Minotaur 's birth though the two ...
Phaedra was the daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë of Crete, and thus sister to Acacallis, Ariadne, Androgeus, Deucalion, Xenodice, Glaucus and Catreus and half-sister to the Minotaur. She was the wife of Theseus and the mother of Demophon of Athens and Acamas.
In Greek mythology, Asterion (/ ə ˈ s t ɪ r i ə n /; Ancient Greek: Ἀστερίων, gen.: Ἀστερίωνος, literally "starry") or Asterius (/ ə ˈ s t ɪ r i ə s /; Ἀστέριος) was a King of Crete and the foster-father of Minos.
Brian's parents welcomed his sister Cassie about 10 years before having their son. Now, Cassie has a family of her own. She married her husband, James "Jimmy" Luycx, in December 2015, per her ...
She was the sister of Ariadne, Androgeus, Deucalion, Phaedra, Glaucus, Catreus and Xenodice. [2] According to a Cretan mythological tradition, she had a son with Hermes, Cydon, the founder of Cydonia. [3] Other traditions give Cydon as the offspring of Acacallis and Apollo, [4] [5] and thus, brother to Oaxes. [6]
Goldberg starred in the original 1992 Sister Act movie as lounge singer Deloris Van Cartier. After Deloris sees her boyfriend kill someone while living in Reno, Nevada, she enters the witness ...